Thank you to the school community for my warm welcome back. My trip was wonderful and a great chance to explore parts of the world I had never seen, have some special time together as a family before my son starts school next year and also recharge my batteries.

It has been fantastic catching up with students, staff and parents over the past week. Hearing all about the many achievements, excursions and incursions, the AMAZING school concert, 100 Days of Foundation and many other wonderful things that have been happening during my leave helped me get my head back into work mode.

A huge THANK YOU to Sam Fleming who stepped into my role as Acting Principal during my leave. Sam did a terrific job, even though life was very hectic she always had a smile on her face and dealt with whatever popped up in the professional and positive way we have seen from Sam since she joined our school in 2016. A big thank you also to our Leadership Team of Kate (Learning Specialist), Grant (Leading Teacher), Kellie (Business Manager) and Laura (Primary Welfare Officer) for supporting Sam. Thanks also to each and every staff member who supported Sam and our Leadership Team during this time. We are extremely lucky to have such an amazing, dedicated and professional staff at Glengala PS. We’re all here for the wonderful students and community of Glengala. #GlengalaProud

Enrolments 2019 Planning for next year has already started and is a complex process requiring accurate information. Learning Spaces, number of staff, Specialist Programs and all budget areas are based on student numbers. If you know your child is not returning to Glengala PS in 2019 (other than current Year 6 students), please notify the office in writing as soon as possible. Notification is required in writing and not verbally through the Learning Space teachers. Information will remain confidential. If you have a child or know of someone with a child due to commence school in 2019 please complete an enrolment form as soon as possible. We currently have limited spaces remaining for Foundation and the 3-6 Learning Spaces. Staffing News We are thrilled to let our community know that Sam Cunningham will be returning to our school throughout Term 4 in preparation for her fulltime return from the beginning of 2019! Sam has been on secondment to Central Office of The Department of Education and Training since mid-last year, and has developed great partnerships and knowledge which will assist in our continuing work to get the best growth and outcomes for our students. Sam Cunningham will return to the Assistant Principal Teaching & Learning role leading up Numeracy, while Sam Fleming will remain in the Acting Assistant Principal Teaching and Learning role leading up Literacy. Swimming Program

Thank you to the 130+ students who have participated in our annual swimming program during the last two weeks. It’s been pleasing to hear everyone has demonstrated terrific behaviour and our school values during our 10 day intensive program. We have had great feedback from instructors and our staff on students listening to instructions, supporting each other and team work for getting to and from school and the pool. We have one final day of swimming tomorrow to finish the program.

End of Term A reminder that tomorrow is the last day of Term 3 and we finish at 1.45pm. Please ensure that arrangements have been made for your children to be collected early on this day. KellyClub will be operating from 1.45pm, if you require this service please book by phoning Angela on 0423 795 982. We seek your assistance in discouraging any people who may misuse our grounds over the holidays. If you happen to notice any person on our school grounds that are engaging in any type of dangerous or destructive behaviour please call the Police immediately on 000. I’d like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a restful and safe term break. I look forward to seeing everyone back at school on the Monday 8th October ready for a busy final term for 2018.

Kris White

Principal

white.kris.k@edumail.vic.gov.au

Thursday 20th September, 2018 Issue 29

Principal - Kris White white.kris.k@edumail.vic.gov.au

@GlengalaPS

Glengala Gazette

Glengala Primary School

Dates to remember

Friday 21st September

Last day of school Finish 1:45pm

Monday 8th October

First Day of Term 4

Friday 12th October Finance Committee Meeting

8:00am

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Student Learning

Space In recognition of

Amelia Hua Foundation Experimenting with new textile techniques of weaving and wrapping to explore their creative ideas.

Awaab Suliman Foundation Working extremely hard in preparation of our school concert by taking a role model position.

Kiana Rahimi Foundation Understanding the structure of a simple narrative and using a storyboard to plan her very own story. Great work!

Jenny Nguyen Foundation Copying text neatly from the board and using her finger spaces to separate her words. Keep it up Jenny!

Haidar Al Majedy 1/2 Experimenting with new textiles techniques of weaving and wrapping to explore their creative ideas.

Taylah Smith 1/2 Her outstanding achievement in reading and consistently trying her best. Well Done!

Jumon Jumon 1/2 Consistently trying his best, being a role model and demonstrating the school values.

Ryder Blake 1/2 For making excellent choices and being a good role model to his peers this week.

Annie Trinh 3/4 Going deeper with her comprehension responses in reading which has assisted her to move up a reading level.

Peter Ong 3/4 Taking his time to answer comprehension responses in reading which has assisted him to move up a reading level.

Tandah Bourke 3/4

For your great effort during maths calculating the perimeter of shapes. Tandah presented his work neatly with: heading, the date and the learning intention on his page, along with his calculations. Well Done!

Deng Deng 3/4

For his effort in making connections with a text during reading. Deng made a text to self-connection with the story “A Box”. He said it reminded him of when he moved house. Deng presented his work neatly, with a heading, the date and a sentence about his connection. Well Done!

Bahara Jalal 3/4 Being an enthusiastic learner in The Arts by exploring their ideas in their visual arts journals.

Sfa Mohamed 5/6 Her excellent work on her author study. Sfa’s work was well detailed and showed great knowledge of the author Mem Fox.

Daniel Tuulakitau 5/6 Demonstrating positive choices in The Arts, which has improved their learning.

Teanna Nguyen 5/6 Experimenting with various communication design techniques and exploring her ideas.

Dreyden Lio 5/6 His hard work in reading. Well Done!

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Bee Three Achievers

RESPECT RESONSIBILITY SAFETY

Name Value House Act

Keira Tran Responsibility Red For picking up rubbish around our school and for being considerate of our environment.

Maluck Hussein Safety Red For encouraging other students to be safe on the playground.

Keira Tran Responsibility Red Helping a classmate who was feeling sad.

Peter Ong Responsibility Red Helping a classmate who was feeling sad.

Mustafa Jumma Responsibility Red Helping during learning by writing information on the white board.

Peter Ong Respect, Responsibility Red Being an excellent friend on the yard and in the classroom.

Tandah Bourke Respect Red Tandah showed respect towards another student, and apologised for his actions.

Angelic Haidari Responsibility Red Being honest and responsible by handing in money found in the yard.

Rhys Gilbert Safety Green For looking after his peers and taking care of them when they have been hurt.

Corey Lacey Respect, Responsibility Green Stopping his game of basketball to help out a friend.

Tuta Akurangi Responsibility Blue Approaching a teacher on yard duty to verbalise he wasn’t getting a fair go in a game.

Sapphire Akurangi Responsibility Blue Being kind in the playground and looking after others.

Charlotte Fleming Responsibility Blue Helping a classmate who was feeling sad.

Yacob Dib Responsibility Blue Staying back to help clean Learning Space.

Junior Hassen Responsibility Blue Being honest and responsible by handing in money found in the yard.

Isabella Davis Responsibility Blue Being honest and responsible by handing in money found in the yard.

Kang Lian Tan Responsibility Yellow Handing $20 lost money to the office. Thank you Kang Lian!

Hosea Taukatelata Respect, Responsibility Yellow By cleaning up our yard and picking up rubbish.

Yusuf Coskun Responsibility Yellow Showing care for another student.

There will be no book borrowing from now until the end of term. ALL books must be returned to the Library promptly to avoid an overdue fee. Thank You Jenny

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HAVE YOU LOST A JUMPER, HAT, SCARF, JACKET OR OTHER ITEMS OF CLOTHING?

Please check the lost property box located in the office foyer.

THOUGHT FOR THE HOLIDAYS:

NOT RETURNING TO GLENGALA PRIMARY SCHOOL FOR 2019?

I wish to advise that my child/children as listed below will not be returning to Glengala PS in 2019.

Name: __________________________________ Name: _________________________________

Year level: ________ Year level: ________

Signed: _________________________________ Date: _________________________________

Name of School attending in 2019 ______________________________________________________

Reason: (We would very much appreciate your comments/feedback to assist with future planning) Thank you. _______________________________________________________________________________________________

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